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The Fight for Identity: Puerto Rican Athletes and Their Flag
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Imagine training your whole life under one flag—only to be told you can’t carry your own. That’s the story of Puerto Rican athletes who, for decades, fought not just for medals, but for identity. In 1948, Puerto Rico marched into the Olympic Games in London—not as a U.S. territory, but as its own nation under the Puerto Rican flag. It was more than a parade. It was defiance wrapped in red, white, and blue. The International Olympic Committee recognized Puerto Rico’s National Olympic Committee before the island had self-government—making sports one of the first arenas where Puerto Ricans stood as
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